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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/430/435-07.jpg
Title	Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Alternative Title	Where come we? What are we? Whither go we?
Translated Title	D'où venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous?
Creator	Gauguin, Paul (French painter and printmaker, 1848-1903)
Date	1897
Cultural Context	French European Western European Tahitian Oceanic Polynesian
Style/Period	Symbolist Post-Impressionist Modern (styles and periods) Modernist
Theme	Paintings (visual works) Oil paintings (visual works) Avant-garde Primitivism (artistic concept) Allegories (document genre) Allegory (artistic device) Life Figurative art Figures (representations) Men (male humans) Women Adults Elderly Old age Children (people by age group) Youth Girls Infants Nudes (representations) Nudity Back views Profiles (figures) Front views Costume (mode of fashion) Loincloths Bracelets (jewelry) Jewelry Gesture Leisure Sculpture (visual work) Statues Idols Religious objects Animals Domestic animals Ducks (birds) Birds Dogs Kittens Goats Livestock Landscapes (representations) Jungles Islands Seas Vegetation Plants (vegetation) Trees Fruit Eye-level views Inscriptions
Subject	Paintings Oil paintings Allegorical paintings Allegories Human life cycle Indigenous peoples Men Women Adults Older people Children Youth Girls Infants Nudes Breasts Backs (Anatomy) Clothing & dress Bracelets Jewelry Gestures Sitting Eating & drinking Leisure Social life Sculpture Idols Religious articles Animals Birds Ducks Dogs Cats Goats Livestock Landscapes (Representations) Tropical forests Islands Seas Trees Plants Fruit Inscriptions
Location Depicted	Hiva Oa (French Polynesia) Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) French Polynesia Polynesia Oceania Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)
Material	Oil on canvas Oil paint (pigmented coating) Paint Canvas
Measurements	4' 6 13/16" x 12' 3"
Technique	Painting (image-making) Oil painting (technique)
Inscription	Top left corner: D'où Venons Nous/ Que Sommes Nous / Où Allons Nous; Top right corner: Artist's signature
Work Type	Paintings Oil paintings
Repository	Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Massachusetts)
Source	Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. (fig.29-37, p.882)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Tompkins Collection).
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 435-07.jpg
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